When was CVE-2005-1981 disclosed?

CVE-2005-1981 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 10, 2005, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2005-1981 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-1981 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 82.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2005-1981?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2005-1981, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2005-1981

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

Unknown vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 domain controllers allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted Kerberos message.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 82.4%
KEV: Not listed

References (20)

secure@microsofthttp://secunia.com/advisories/16368/
secure@microsofthttp://securitytracker.com/id?1014642
secure@microsofthttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/610133
secure@microsofthttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-042
secure@microsofthttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100095
secure@microsofthttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100097
secure@microsofthttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100099
secure@microsofthttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100101
secure@microsofthttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100103
secure@microsofthttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100105
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/16368/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1014642
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/610133
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-042
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100095

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